Dementia in the news: The media coverage of alzheimer's disease

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-79

  Kirkman, Allison M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aged; Alzheimer's disease; Communications media; Dementia; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649958482     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2006.00153.x     Document Type: Article

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